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have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it. and then be bound by what those decisions are just like we do with the courts here in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. there's enough of that any way. that doesn't accomplish anything except gets people shot and escalate into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we all have to play by the same set of rules. we have 2,000 nuclear weapons. iran has none at the current time. it's okay for israel to have 100, but it's not okay for iran to have two? they are not treating everybody equally. you have no strong position except force. only by force can it be done. we have already voted at the u.n. and the security council to get rid of nuclear weapons. let's get rid of them. let's get rid of ours and iran will stop, i believe, and everybody else will because if everybody doesn't have them, then
have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it. and then be bound by what those decisions are just like we do with the courts here in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. there's enough of that any way. that doesn't accomplish anything except gets people shot and escalate into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president? >> well, first of all,...
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i'm working trying to help the united nations causes. both philanthropy and with my personal efforts. i've got a meeting to try to save the oceans. i'm on a committee to save the oceans. i'm on to finish poverty. i've got plenty of tough jobs. >> which of the three things that you lost, your fortune or most of it, jane fonda, or the job here -- >> you want me to rank them? >> yes. >> well -- >> which caused you -- >> i can't do that. i loved them all. >> which upset you the most? >> they all broke my heart. i just rallied. winners never quit. quitters never win. i just made the comeback. >> are you a better man for having experienced the loss? >> i'm a more experienced man. because those -- you know, the aol merger and the subsequent basically destruction of my wealth, they hurt at the time but i just toughed it out. you have to keep going. you can't give up in life. >> i saw you once say at the stage after the aol merger you saw it diminish $21 million a minute. >> no for three years. close to $10 billion. >> what does that feel like? >
i'm working trying to help the united nations causes. both philanthropy and with my personal efforts. i've got a meeting to try to save the oceans. i'm on a committee to save the oceans. i'm on to finish poverty. i've got plenty of tough jobs. >> which of the three things that you lost, your fortune or most of it, jane fonda, or the job here -- >> you want me to rank them? >> yes. >> well -- >> which caused you -- >> i can't do that. i loved them all....
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not through international organizations such as the united nations. though, the u.n. could eventually be helpful once there is a peace. the united states, canada, and very few others here voted in the negative. the palestinians didn't get all the european support they wanted. this morning actually canada is recalling some of its ambassa r ambassadors from new york and in the middle east for consultations probably for security reasons. canada gave a very public opposition speech before this vote. but the -- you mentioned is it symbolic, is it political, what are the significance -- what is it? it could be all of it, because now the palestinians could join international organizations and treaties such as the international criminal court and perhaps challenge and go after and accuse israel for war crimes for any future actions, maybe join aviation treaties, maybe control the water off its coast in the middle east, it's all unclear how far the palestinians want to go now with their upgraded observer state status here, ashleigh? >> so, our man at the u.n. is a woman at the
not through international organizations such as the united nations. though, the u.n. could eventually be helpful once there is a peace. the united states, canada, and very few others here voted in the negative. the palestinians didn't get all the european support they wanted. this morning actually canada is recalling some of its ambassa r ambassadors from new york and in the middle east for consultations probably for security reasons. canada gave a very public opposition speech before this...
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so the united nations is not going to resolve this issue. what has to happen in parallel, and secretary rice indicated this will happen -- or am bass tkar rice indicated this will happen, is that the united states will work with other partners chart tore try to achieve some type of in ste which would separate the forces. frankly, we don't see that happening unless there is some presence peacemakers as we call them as opposed to piecekeepers. >> a blast claims the lives of three top officials. al asad's brother-in-law, his defense minister and security adviser. that kind of blow is this? >> it not only speaks to those individuals. we should cry no tears for their departure. assad now has to look around "360" degrees and try to determine where his weak points are. he's probably going to see that it is very, very weak in a number of places. so my suggestion is, and it's not based on any intelligence right now. but if you're looking -- if past is prologue, we can see assad to get out of the country. probably looking for some way to depart. maybe
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an american said to have been held captive for months has been handed over to the united nations office in baghdad. we have little information on this story. we are just getting some of the details coming in now. they are streaming in moment by moment. we are told the man was handed over to the u.n. by the movement led by the radical cleric al sadr. the man's name is randy michael, according to two leaders in al sadr's movement there. they say he was held for the past nine months and that he was, quote, captured in battles. u.s. officials have not confirmed this information. pentagon officials say there have been no active duty military personnel missing in iraq. it's an interesting story with lots of twists here. we are going to continue to follow this story and bring you the very latest information as it comes in to cnn. stay tuned. new details paint a very clear, much clearer picture of the soldier accused of a brutal massacre in afghanistan. the portrait of staff sergeant robert bales seems incomplete. it doesn't explain how or why a decorated combat veteran could carry out such a g
an american said to have been held captive for months has been handed over to the united nations office in baghdad. we have little information on this story. we are just getting some of the details coming in now. they are streaming in moment by moment. we are told the man was handed over to the u.n. by the movement led by the radical cleric al sadr. the man's name is randy michael, according to two leaders in al sadr's movement there. they say he was held for the past nine months and that he...
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>> i think war should be avoid at all cost and we should do everything to get the united nations to the deal with conflicts before people start resorting to violence. violence begets violence. it's easy to star wars and difficult to stop them once they got started. i think we ought to renounce the war and have -- let the courts handle it and have arbitration that the united nations and let them handle it. just like what you do in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody they had a disagreement with, there is enough of that anyway. that doesn't accomplish anything except get people shot and escalate into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president. >> i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we all have to play by the same set of rules. we have several,000 nuclear efforts. it's okay for israel to have a hundred but not okay for iran to have two. they are not treating everybody equally. no strong position except force. only by force can it be done. we voted at the un and the skurs council to get rid of it. let's get rid of ours. iran will stop
>> i think war should be avoid at all cost and we should do everything to get the united nations to the deal with conflicts before people start resorting to violence. violence begets violence. it's easy to star wars and difficult to stop them once they got started. i think we ought to renounce the war and have -- let the courts handle it and have arbitration that the united nations and let them handle it. just like what you do in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody...
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what's clear is that from my diplomatic sources, many say the united nations security council is a dead end after russia and china vetoed a resolution saturday to put more pressure on syria. now the turks are trying to reach out. they've reached out to the russians, we know that other western governments want to do something, the arab league wants to do something. one of the scenarios being proposed is some kind of group, perhaps a friends of syria group that can start to gather, perhaps even this month, perhaps somewhere in north africa to talk about new measures, perhaps new sanctions, but this is still in the drawing stages. meanwhi meanwhile, the people in syria continue to bleed and die. >> ivan, are people in syria fleeing to turkey, is there a group in turkey trying to organize and live their lives? >> reporter: this is not a new problem. there have been around 10,000 syrian refugees living in camps along the turkish border for the better part of a year now. also, the turks have been hosting a number of exiled opposition groups that are constantly shuttling around the region and
what's clear is that from my diplomatic sources, many say the united nations security council is a dead end after russia and china vetoed a resolution saturday to put more pressure on syria. now the turks are trying to reach out. they've reached out to the russians, we know that other western governments want to do something, the arab league wants to do something. one of the scenarios being proposed is some kind of group, perhaps a friends of syria group that can start to gather, perhaps even...
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looking live at new york city, home of the united nations. world leaders from 193 countries are gathering for the annual meeting of the general assembly. president mahmoud ahmadinejad will address the meeting on wednesday. he had blistering words at israel today. more on that in a moment. he took aim at the security council on the subject of iran's nuclear program. >> translator: we have business that some members of the security council with little rights have chosen silence with regard to the nuclear warheads of the fake regime while at the same time they impede scientific progress of other nations. >> president obama is in new york tonight ahead of his speech on tuesday, a speech that will condemn violent protests in the middle east and underscore his commitment to keep iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. meanwhile, with just 43 days to go until this country's election, mitt romney has campaigned in colorado. the latest national cnn poll has president obama with a four point lead over governor romney against the backdrop of the political
looking live at new york city, home of the united nations. world leaders from 193 countries are gathering for the annual meeting of the general assembly. president mahmoud ahmadinejad will address the meeting on wednesday. he had blistering words at israel today. more on that in a moment. he took aim at the security council on the subject of iran's nuclear program. >> translator: we have business that some members of the security council with little rights have chosen silence with regard...
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. >> the united nations is sending people into syria. not peace keepers but unarmed military monitors. earlier today, the u.n. security counsel unanimously approved a 300-member observer mission to spread across syria and make sure the military and rebel fighters stick to the cease fire agreement. the american ambassador to the united nations says so far, syria is not holding up its end of the bargain. >> the regime has unleashed yet another wave of horrific violation against its own people. resulting in the deaths of scores of syrians daily. the government's use of shelling and heavy weaponry in particular in homs has reached levels that surpass those before the cease-fire. syrian government troops in armor have not been withdrawn from cities and returns to barracks. protesters are still being intimidated and murdered by government forces. the status of thousands of detainees remains unclear. and pressures little progress has been made on the issue of human terrier access with an estimated 1 million civilians still in urgent need of hum
. >> the united nations is sending people into syria. not peace keepers but unarmed military monitors. earlier today, the u.n. security counsel unanimously approved a 300-member observer mission to spread across syria and make sure the military and rebel fighters stick to the cease fire agreement. the american ambassador to the united nations says so far, syria is not holding up its end of the bargain. >> the regime has unleashed yet another wave of horrific violation against its...
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>> i think the global policeman should be the united nations. and i don't think we should need one. i think we should use courts the way we do in civilian life, it's time to put war and conflict behind us and move on. and start acting like civilized educated human beings. >> you made the point to me in the break there, more american servicemen have -- >> are dying now from suicide over there than are dying in combat. >> that's shocking, isn't it? >> well, no, i think it's -- i think it's good, because it's so so clear that we're programmed and we're born to love and help each other, not to kill each other, to destroy each other. that's an aberration, left over from hundreds of years ago. it's time for to us start acting enlightened. >> what's it like to give away a billion dollars? i can't even imagine. >> it was a third of what i had at the time. so it was significant. other, to destroy each other. that's an aberration, left over from hundreds of years ago. it's time for to us start acting enlightened. >> what's it like to give away a billion dollars? i can't even imagine. >> it wa
>> i think the global policeman should be the united nations. and i don't think we should need one. i think we should use courts the way we do in civilian life, it's time to put war and conflict behind us and move on. and start acting like civilized educated human beings. >> you made the point to me in the break there, more american servicemen have -- >> are dying now from suicide over there than are dying in combat. >> that's shocking, isn't it? >> well, no, i...
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live to the united nations. president obama getting ready for a global address in just a few minutes. he'll speak to delegates and fellow world leaders at the united nations. at the top of his mind, the rising violence in the middle east. >>> monday night debacle. a lot of upset football fans after the seahawks get a controversial win over the green bay packers. did the replace amecement refs this touchdown call right? >>> lynyrd skynyrd known for using the confederate flag during their concerts. they might be changing their tune again. >>> and it's one of the most important tools for a young mind a proper lunch. but now complaints are growing. does michelle obama's initiative give students enough to eat at school? "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning. thank you so much for being with us. i'm carol costello. we begin this hour with president obama about to face two very different audiences. just minutes from now the president will address the united nations general assembly, but it's not just world leaders wh
live to the united nations. president obama getting ready for a global address in just a few minutes. he'll speak to delegates and fellow world leaders at the united nations. at the top of his mind, the rising violence in the middle east. >>> monday night debacle. a lot of upset football fans after the seahawks get a controversial win over the green bay packers. did the replace amecement refs this touchdown call right? >>> lynyrd skynyrd known for using the confederate flag...
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. >>> world leaders galter at the united nations, unrest in the middle east tops the agenda. here is what is going on in one of the main crisis zones. [ gun fire ] >>> rebels are battling goncht forces in aleppo in sere ra. syria. in damascus, two explosions in a syrian intelligence compound. the building is a school. the military is using it as base. the new school year hasn't started. there were probably not any children inside. >>> in is the scene near a group of tiny islands. japan, taiwan, and china all claim ownership of the uninhabited islands. the japanese coast guard shot water cannons as dozens of taiwanese boats. >>> tempers are flaring in spain. police blocked roads leading to the country's parliament in madrid. the crisis has, as they put it, hi ja hijacked the country's democracy. spain is preparing to cut billions in spending. >>> and president obama tells world leaders the u.s. will do what we must to keep iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. the president spoke a short time ago at the u.n. general assembly. he has another big speech at the clinton global ini
. >>> world leaders galter at the united nations, unrest in the middle east tops the agenda. here is what is going on in one of the main crisis zones. [ gun fire ] >>> rebels are battling goncht forces in aleppo in sere ra. syria. in damascus, two explosions in a syrian intelligence compound. the building is a school. the military is using it as base. the new school year hasn't started. there were probably not any children inside. >>> in is the scene near a group of...
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[click-click] [♪...] >>> since the united nation's foundation created nothing but nets campaign in 2006, more than 20 partners had joined and literally millions of people to raise $20 billion. and distribute some 2 million bed nets to children and their families in africa. >> ted turner talking about the united nation's foundations campaign to fight malaria worldwide. ted turner is back with me now. what do you think of america as a business model at the moment? the reason i ask is there's a battle going on now, i think, for the way forward for capitalism in america. i had howard shultz from starbucks come on and outline capitalism where it's incumbent to bring jobs back to america. to open factories here not in china and so on. and i think he was eluding to companies like apple who have ten times as many employees in china than america. what do you think of the concept? >> i'm working so hard on the survival issues that the financial issues and a lot of other areas, you can't be an expert on everything. and i'm not an expert on finance. i -- i believe that we should be doing business w
[click-click] [♪...] >>> since the united nation's foundation created nothing but nets campaign in 2006, more than 20 partners had joined and literally millions of people to raise $20 billion. and distribute some 2 million bed nets to children and their families in africa. >> ted turner talking about the united nation's foundations campaign to fight malaria worldwide. ted turner is back with me now. what do you think of america as a business model at the moment? the reason i...
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visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. >>> on thursday it at the united nations, the palestinian authority was granted nonmember observer status. and that brings me to my question of the week. what is the only other entity with nonmember observer state status at the u.n.? is it, 56, tthe vatican, switze, taiwan or bermuda? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. go do cnn.com/fareed. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. go to itunes.com/fareed for our podcast. you can get the awudio version for free or buy the video version. this bookweek's book of the wee an inverted system. he inverted the idea what would make a system or country or individual anti-fragile. if you go to our conversation in the last segment you can tell this is a fascinating book from a highly inventive mind. for the last look. a political science professor likes to point out that in democratic nations highways are full of twists and turns to accommodate property and people. in autocratic they are straight because leaders can bulldoze whatever is in the way to get to a straight line. take a look
visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. >>> on thursday it at the united nations, the palestinian authority was granted nonmember observer status. and that brings me to my question of the week. what is the only other entity with nonmember observer state status at the u.n.? is it, 56, tthe vatican, switze, taiwan or bermuda? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. go do cnn.com/fareed. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. go to itunes.com/fareed for our podcast. you...
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now, ahmadinejad's will address the united nations and the world in a speech on wednesday. that happens to be the holiest day on the jewish calendar. prime minister netanyahu will take the podium the day after and he has been aggressive on the need to stop iran's nuclear ambition. he says iran will be 90% to a bomb in six months. a bomb he says will hurt america. >> all the things you see now in these mobs storming the american embassy is what you'll see in regime with atomic bombs. you can't have people have atomic bombs. >> so, what's causing this escalation? two words. the united states. specifically the election battle between these two men. either mitt romney or barack obama will be the one to decide on the war or peace question. prime minister netanyahu seems to be betting on romney. romney has known him for 35 years. he visited him on the campaign trail in israel. and i even saw one of mitt romney's books on netanyahu's study shelf in jerusalem. he even appears in a pro romney ad in florida. >> the fact is, that every day that passes, iran gets closer and closer to n
now, ahmadinejad's will address the united nations and the world in a speech on wednesday. that happens to be the holiest day on the jewish calendar. prime minister netanyahu will take the podium the day after and he has been aggressive on the need to stop iran's nuclear ambition. he says iran will be 90% to a bomb in six months. a bomb he says will hurt america. >> all the things you see now in these mobs storming the american embassy is what you'll see in regime with atomic bombs. you...
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nations, they don't trust the united nations. they don't want international law, in their words, to interfere with domestic laws in the united states, whether federal law, state, or local laws. and one of the most recent major reasons why they rejected this treaty, these republicans by in large voted again ratifying this treaty was because of the powerful words that rick santorum, the former republican presidential candidate said. as you know, he has a severely disabled child, a little girl. he said, i don't want international lawyers, i don't want the united nations and new york and foreign countries telling me and our local officials what they can or cannot do as far as treatment for little bella, his daughter. and that was a powerful factor in convincing a lot of these republicans to reject this treaty. they didn't see that they needed the international community, in effect, to get involved in what was going on here in the united states. the counterargument, of course, is we want to bring, by ratifying this treaty, to bring th
nations, they don't trust the united nations. they don't want international law, in their words, to interfere with domestic laws in the united states, whether federal law, state, or local laws. and one of the most recent major reasons why they rejected this treaty, these republicans by in large voted again ratifying this treaty was because of the powerful words that rick santorum, the former republican presidential candidate said. as you know, he has a severely disabled child, a little girl. he...
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president obama is preparing to address the united nations today. he's going to tackle foreign policy, deliver a warning to iran about their nuclear program. not planning, though, to meet with foreign leaders publicly. so the big question there, is he making a big mistake ahead of the election. we're going to talk this morning to senator john barrasso and former congressman robert wexler about what they think the president needs to say today. and america fell in love with her on "laverne and shirley." i sit down with actress and director penny marshall. she's got a new memoir out called "my mother was nuts." and he is the king of the gridiron, victor cruz will join us. he's going to talk about the call and the replacement refs. how he thinks it's affecting the game. and also talk about all the other things he's doing in his life. he's got a very cute commercial for campbell's. you know you've made it big when campbell's puts your mom on the commercial with you. >> very interested to hear what he has to say about the refs. >> it will be very interest
president obama is preparing to address the united nations today. he's going to tackle foreign policy, deliver a warning to iran about their nuclear program. not planning, though, to meet with foreign leaders publicly. so the big question there, is he making a big mistake ahead of the election. we're going to talk this morning to senator john barrasso and former congressman robert wexler about what they think the president needs to say today. and america fell in love with her on "laverne...
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have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it and then be bound by what those decisions are. i mean, if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. is there there's enough of that anyway. but that doesn't accomplish anything kpepexcept gets peoplet and escalates into war. >> what would you do to iran? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we have 2,000 or several thousand nuclear weapons. i ran has none at the current time. it's okay for israel, but it's not okay for iran. that's -- they're not treating everybody equally. and you -- you have no strong position except force rksz only by force can it be done. we've already voted at the u.n. and the security council to get rid of nuclear weapons. let's get rid of them. leapt's get e get rid of ours and iran will stop. if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe. at least safe from a nuclear attack. i mean, if we have full scale nuclear exchange, it's going to destroy life on earth. all life. maybe there will be a few cockroach
have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it and then be bound by what those decisions are. i mean, if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. is there there's enough of that anyway. but that doesn't accomplish anything kpepexcept gets peoplet and escalates into war. >> what would you do to iran? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we have 2,000 or several thousand...
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the united nations is a dead end for this. there's no solution at the united nations. no solutions at the arab league. the solution is on the battlefield. that's where we are today. that's why the powers of the world are called upon if you're going to rescue the syrian people the time to do it is now. >> you talk about that. you wrote in the "new york times" about that and the "wall street journal." an arab campaign, you're talking about similar to what happened in serbia. how would this work? syria's military is serious. 320,000 ground troops, 5,000 tanks, mig jets, they can fight back. >> erin, we've gone through this before. we said the same thing when we watched the genocide in bosnia. the serbs have 37 nazi divisions. they're a very great power. when the american power came into the equation we destroyed the serbs and rescued the bosnians. we did the same in 1999, again, the same, and we said the same numbers and the same scenarios. we did the same with the iraq republican guard when we waged war against iraq in 2003 and 1991. these armies are nothing. the syrian
the united nations is a dead end for this. there's no solution at the united nations. no solutions at the arab league. the solution is on the battlefield. that's where we are today. that's why the powers of the world are called upon if you're going to rescue the syrian people the time to do it is now. >> you talk about that. you wrote in the "new york times" about that and the "wall street journal." an arab campaign, you're talking about similar to what happened in...
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tonight honest by about outrageous honesty from the man who leads the united nations. at least 10,000 people already dead and ban ki-moon tells cnn, quoted, there's no plan b to stop the killing in syria. >>> battle for battlegrounds. president obama in barack obama, mitt romney in pennsylvania and half a dozen new state polls that give us a new glimpse at the electoral college tug of war. >>> governor romney promises to cut unemployment to 6%. the truth if that's a promise he can keep or whether it's his version of read my lips or i'll close gitmo. >>> this evening with presidential politic, and a focus on key battleground states. president obama is in iowa tonight. six electoral votes but a hotly contested tossup state at a wind turbine plant in newton, iowa, the president said he understood times are tough but he argues the republican agenda isn't the answer. >> when you hear somebody say, we should cut more taxes, especially for the wealthiest americans, well, newton, you've been there and you've done that. we did that. 2000, 2001, 2003. when you hear people say th
tonight honest by about outrageous honesty from the man who leads the united nations. at least 10,000 people already dead and ban ki-moon tells cnn, quoted, there's no plan b to stop the killing in syria. >>> battle for battlegrounds. president obama in barack obama, mitt romney in pennsylvania and half a dozen new state polls that give us a new glimpse at the electoral college tug of war. >>> governor romney promises to cut unemployment to 6%. the truth if that's a promise he...
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and at the united nations complete failure to stop it. bill kneely, itv news, homs. >>> burned tires, smoke and chaos. that's what's happening in the streets of athens today. thousands take to the streets to protest budget cuts. are they going to change the deposit's mind, and how will it impact tourism? but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. not quite knowing what the next phase was going toe, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ >>> 50,000 angry greek workers took to the streets of athens today. they shut down part of the transportation system. they closed businesses, stopped tourest sites, like that. they're upset basically with the gover
and at the united nations complete failure to stop it. bill kneely, itv news, homs. >>> burned tires, smoke and chaos. that's what's happening in the streets of athens today. thousands take to the streets to protest budget cuts. are they going to change the deposit's mind, and how will it impact tourism? but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber...
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stand before the united nations, tell the whole world, directly, communicate to the ayatollah, we will not let them acquire a nuclear weapon. period. unless he's talking about going to war. >> martha, let's just look at this from the view of the ayatollahs. what do they see? they see this administration trying to water down sanctions in congress for over two years. they're moving faster toward a nuclear weapon. they're spinning the centrifuges faster. they see us coming into the administration, when they're sworn in, we need more space with our ally, israel. they see president obama in new york city, the same day the prime minister of israel is here, instead of meeting with him, goes on a talk show. they see, when we say the options are on the table, the secretary of defense walk them back. they are not changing their mind. that's what we have to do is change their minds so they stop pursuing nuclear weapons. >> look, you both saw benjamin netanyahu hold up with picture of a bomb with a red line and talking about the red line be in spring. can you solve this, if the romney-ryan ticket
stand before the united nations, tell the whole world, directly, communicate to the ayatollah, we will not let them acquire a nuclear weapon. period. unless he's talking about going to war. >> martha, let's just look at this from the view of the ayatollahs. what do they see? they see this administration trying to water down sanctions in congress for over two years. they're moving faster toward a nuclear weapon. they're spinning the centrifuges faster. they see us coming into the...
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breaking news from iraq where a united nations official the is telling cnn that an american said to be held captive for months has been turned over to the u.s. embassy in baghdad. two political leaders in alli sadr's movement. no active duty military personnel have been missing in iraq. we'll continue to update this story when we get new information as it becomes available here on cnn. >>> the army soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan is in fort leavenworth, kansas. it has stunned people in and around washington's joint base lewis-mccord they are having a hard time understanding how the man could be accused of this atrocity. dan lewis has more now. >> reporter: don, this is a soldier who served four tours of duty, three in iraq and one in afghanistan. there is speculation that all that time in a war zone may have contributed to him being emotionally unstable. his attorney tells cnn that two years ago robert bales suffered a traumatic brain injury when his vehicle went over a roadside bomb and the day before the alleged rampage that bales saw a soldier get seriously in
breaking news from iraq where a united nations official the is telling cnn that an american said to be held captive for months has been turned over to the u.s. embassy in baghdad. two political leaders in alli sadr's movement. no active duty military personnel have been missing in iraq. we'll continue to update this story when we get new information as it becomes available here on cnn. >>> the army soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan is in fort leavenworth, kansas....
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we wouldn't be outsourcing our foreign policy to the united nations giving vladimir putin veto power over our efforts to try and deal with this issue. he has vetoed three of them. hillary clinton went to russia to try and convince him not to do so. they thwarted her efforts. they said she was on the wrong side of history. they were right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, then president obama said bashar assad should go. it's been over a year. the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, and more foreign fighters are spilling into this country. so the longer this has gone on, the more people -- groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified the free syrian army, the freedom fighters working with our allies, the turks, the qataris, the saudis, had we had a better plan in place to begin with, working through our allies, but, no, we waited for kofi annan to try to come up with an agreement through the u.n. that bought bashar assad time. we gave russia veto power over our efforts through the u.n., and, meanwhile, about
we wouldn't be outsourcing our foreign policy to the united nations giving vladimir putin veto power over our efforts to try and deal with this issue. he has vetoed three of them. hillary clinton went to russia to try and convince him not to do so. they thwarted her efforts. they said she was on the wrong side of history. they were right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, then president obama said bashar assad should go. it's been over a year. the man has...
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they do not speak about the elimination of another member state of the united nations. they don't speak about wiping it off the map. and when you take that rhetoric and you add to it the fact that iran is developing a nuclear program, it makes many people in the united states, outside the united states worried that the intention of iran is to use that nuclear capacity to eliminate israel, to wipe it off the map. >> translator: so rely the people of the united states are concerned? they're shaking? where do you -- what do you base this on? the rest of the nations are worried, preoccupied, and trembling with this thought? what for? we are friends with all nations. yourself as a reporter, you must know, as a member of the media, you must know that ahmadinejad is quite popular and is loved by everyone in iran and loves everyone in iran equally. most people are on the side of iran. there are more fundamental issues to be discussed perhaps. >> translator: iran is not -- >> but it's become repetitive, sir. for seven years i have been answering it for you. >> i understand. but
they do not speak about the elimination of another member state of the united nations. they don't speak about wiping it off the map. and when you take that rhetoric and you add to it the fact that iran is developing a nuclear program, it makes many people in the united states, outside the united states worried that the intention of iran is to use that nuclear capacity to eliminate israel, to wipe it off the map. >> translator: so rely the people of the united states are concerned? they're...
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more on the middle east front and center this week at the united nations. but there's another crisis that's getting much less attention. 2 1/2 years after being ravaged by an earthquake the island nation of haiti is still struggling to get back on its feet. >> plus hurricane isaac is a painful reminder of haiti's troubles. despite a flood of humanitarian aid from around the world, haiti's infrastructure remains weak. roughly 400,000 people are still living in makeshift housing and tents. >> with us in their first-ever joint interview are the president of haiti and the haitian prime minister. both are here for the u.n. general assembly and spoke at the clinton global initiative. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. as you know, on this program and cnn in the united states, in the months and now years since the earthquake our hearts have been with the haitian people, as you try to rebuild. and i was struck by, as hurricane isaac was coming, was coming through, we were watching it on the radar, our own reporters were in haiti, telling people that this
more on the middle east front and center this week at the united nations. but there's another crisis that's getting much less attention. 2 1/2 years after being ravaged by an earthquake the island nation of haiti is still struggling to get back on its feet. >> plus hurricane isaac is a painful reminder of haiti's troubles. despite a flood of humanitarian aid from around the world, haiti's infrastructure remains weak. roughly 400,000 people are still living in makeshift housing and tents....
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it's on the united nations to end the year-long violence. kofi annan stressed with his peace plan isn't the problem, syria is. >> some say that the problem is the plan. >> jill doughty, what have we learned about the meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton? >> what they talked about is this so-called contact group. don't worry about the words. just think about what they're trying to do. nothing is happening at the united nations because these countries can veto and it gets very, very complicated. what they want to do is in effect take it offline. they would try to work on the idea of the political transition. even though they say they want the violence to stop, many countries, russia included said if assad is out, it's going to get worse. kofi annan's idea and discussing with clinton is you lay out how it would be, what could happen to make it better? if assad, and it's a big if, were to step aside, that's the plan, he steps aside, there's a transitional government that comes in, then they move to elections, then they move to democra
it's on the united nations to end the year-long violence. kofi annan stressed with his peace plan isn't the problem, syria is. >> some say that the problem is the plan. >> jill doughty, what have we learned about the meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton? >> what they talked about is this so-called contact group. don't worry about the words. just think about what they're trying to do. nothing is happening at the united nations because these countries can veto and it...
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when the cavalry of the good guys, nato, the united nations didn't come, people have to fend for themselves, that's it. >> we're going to have a lot more throughout this hour. as the violence continues in syria, some are asking where is the international community, the united states? we'll talk to senator john mccain and he's flat out saying where is president obama. >>> welcome back. we're live from the turkish syrian border refugee camp. this is what the so called cease fire looks like across syria. the violence in the cities and towns too dangerous to live in. civilian neighborhoods have been decimated. artillery fire, mortar fire, sniper fire. some 23,000 have fled to turkey. there are some 70,000, 50,000 who have fled to other countries, lebanon, iraq. "syria deadly lives." this alleged cease fire brokered by the special envoy kofi annan. this went into effect april 12th. since then opposition groups claim more than 1,000 syrians have been killed in the last month. the syrian regime won't let us in to confirm the numbers. the regime claims the cease fire has been broken by what they ca
when the cavalry of the good guys, nato, the united nations didn't come, people have to fend for themselves, that's it. >> we're going to have a lot more throughout this hour. as the violence continues in syria, some are asking where is the international community, the united states? we'll talk to senator john mccain and he's flat out saying where is president obama. >>> welcome back. we're live from the turkish syrian border refugee camp. this is what the so called cease fire...
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it's all about to be front and center at the united nations today. we have live pictures for you right now. world leaders all taking their turns at the lectern. ours has been there as are a number of other top leaders. and today no exception. today netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will be taking the stage. and all of this is coming in just the next hour. mr. abbas will be up first. he's expected to ask the united nations to give his people the palestinian authority nonmember observer status. that's an expanded kind of status than he has right now. this after last year's failed bid to win u.n. recognition of a palestinian state. now, shortly after he speaks, israel's prime minister will take the podium p. and mr. netanyahu is expected to focus on iran rather than on palestinians. he's likely going to warn the united nations about the threat that israel faces from iran's controversial nuclear program, but his warnings take on a new sense of urgency after making it clear that israel would preemptively attack iran if diplomacy fails. netanyahu's threats have
it's all about to be front and center at the united nations today. we have live pictures for you right now. world leaders all taking their turns at the lectern. ours has been there as are a number of other top leaders. and today no exception. today netanyahu and mahmoud abbas will be taking the stage. and all of this is coming in just the next hour. mr. abbas will be up first. he's expected to ask the united nations to give his people the palestinian authority nonmember observer status. that's...
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the situation was discussed several times in the united nations today. ban ki-moon said this region needs your attention, do not abandon it. and secretary clinton said in a speech that the u.s. is stepping up its counterterrorism. >>> it's been 419 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. new home sales dropped in august, but prices were up at 11%. that's something to celebrate. >>> and now, our fourth story "outfront." a hail mary pass from mitt romney. pastor jeffers says evangelical voters hold the key to romney's victory. he's the pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. he now supports mitt romney and is here tonight. okay, so let's start with this. what is the secret that's going to turn it around for mitt romney? >> insanity's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. up to this point, the strategy has been to just talk about the economy. don't get off on the social issues. this isn't working out well. the economy, because the economy's improving with the housing prices yesterday, consumer sentiment up y
the situation was discussed several times in the united nations today. ban ki-moon said this region needs your attention, do not abandon it. and secretary clinton said in a speech that the u.s. is stepping up its counterterrorism. >>> it's been 419 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. new home sales dropped in august, but prices were up at 11%. that's something to celebrate. >>> and now, our fourth story "outfront." a hail mary pass from mitt romney....
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we need maybe ten times the number the united nations council agreed. we need ten times that. >> i've heard reports from some people inside syria while the regime is relying less on heavy artillery bombardments of civilian areas and neighborhoods, they're actually going apartment to apartment arresting people, torture, and the number of arrests has increased. can you confirm that? >> every day, every hour we hear about hundreds of people are arrested. especially they are focusing right now on any activists. they are just arresting them. they are very crazy now about arresting people. >> i talked to u.s. senator john mccain who supports greater military involvement and support of the opposition forces. we expressed concern the longer this goes on in the current stalemate it's in right now, the greater the chance of foreign fighters becoming involved, militant groups, jihadist groups, even al qaeda. there were two bombings in damascus last week. are you seeing a greater role in the opposition movement? and are you concerned about it if in fact you're seei
we need maybe ten times the number the united nations council agreed. we need ten times that. >> i've heard reports from some people inside syria while the regime is relying less on heavy artillery bombardments of civilian areas and neighborhoods, they're actually going apartment to apartment arresting people, torture, and the number of arrests has increased. can you confirm that? >> every day, every hour we hear about hundreds of people are arrested. especially they are focusing...
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efforts to single israel out at the united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept. [ applause ] last september i stood before the united nations general assembly and reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns. i said that america's commitment to israel's security is unshaken. our friendship with israel is enduring, and that israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our support for israel at the united nations at such a difficult time. people usually give those speeches before audiences like this one. not before the general assembly. [ applause ] i must say there was not a lot of applause. but it was the right thing to do. and as a result, today there is no doubt anywhere in the world that the united states will insist upon israel's security and legitimacy. [ applause ] that will be true as we continue our efforts to pursue pursuit of peace and that will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for
efforts to single israel out at the united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept. [ applause ] last september i stood before the united nations general assembly and reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns. i said that america's commitment to israel's security is unshaken. our friendship with israel is enduring, and that israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our...
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that office dealt more with the united nations than with africa, even though the united nations was dealing with the issue. at the time it was a working level staff position. her first in government, ambassador rice could make announcements at that level, but wouldn't be involved making an important decision getting involved militarily in rwanda. president clinton said he made the decision, it was the greatest mistake of his presidency, and ambassador rice travelled to rwanda after the again side. she said seeing the ground littered with hundreds of thousands of bodies is what made her passionate about the issue of preventing again side in the future. she realized this was a wrong decision of the administration. she spoke about that experience. and there's also a quote from her in this book reference, in which she swore if she ever faced a crisis for that again, she would argue for dramatic action and go down in flames. >> so then why -- why religious leaders, especially these two speaking out against her, drug and alcohol abuse is up. and those dealing with grief don't have access to the p
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maybe others have joined the united nations in boycotting to start with. jill, there have been some conciliatory things that have been said by the leader. i'll get to that in a moment. let's listen in as he takes to the stage. >> translator: in the name of god, the compassionate, the mist citiful, the lord of the worlds and may peace and blessings be upon the greatest prophet. he has chosen companions and all the messengers. oh, god hasten the message of your chosen beloved. grant him good health and victory. make us his best companions and all those who attest to his ritefulness. mr. president, exlen sis ladies and gentlemen. i thank the almighty god for having once more the chance to participate in this meeting. we have gathered here to ponder and work together for building a better life for the entire human community and for our nations. coming from iran, the land of glory and beauty the land of knowledge, culture, wisdom and morality. the cradle of philosophy and mysticism. the land of compassion and light. the land of scientists the scholars philosoph
maybe others have joined the united nations in boycotting to start with. jill, there have been some conciliatory things that have been said by the leader. i'll get to that in a moment. let's listen in as he takes to the stage. >> translator: in the name of god, the compassionate, the mist citiful, the lord of the worlds and may peace and blessings be upon the greatest prophet. he has chosen companions and all the messengers. oh, god hasten the message of your chosen beloved. grant him...